Cerebralbore101 said:
Pemalite said:
The removals worker were following Segas direction. The buyer didn't sign any agreement with Nintendo nor Sega and is thus unlikely to be beholden to the same "returns" rules of Segas contract with Nintendo.
Sega is at fault. And thus litigation shouldn't be the weapon of choice here for Segas own screw up.
Let's not defend big corporations here who use their overwhelming power, influence and money to destroy the little guy rather than engage in constructive dialog to mediate an issue. |
It doesn't matter if the removals worker was following Sega's direction or not. It doesn't matter if he signed an agreement with Sega or Nintendo or not. It was the property of Nintendo. Therefore, the reseller was beholden to property laws.
How do you know that Sega's worker had been told to sell the dev kits? How do you know it was even a Sega employee that sold the dev kits and not a removals worker that worked for the scrap yard? The article doesn't prove that it was a Sega employee. It also doesn't say whether or not the removals worker was working for the scrap yard or Sega. It's possible that they were, a Sega employee but it's still an assumption at this point. It's possible that a rogue Sega worker (or scrapyard worker) sold the dev kits for their own benefit and now Sega is trying to recover them. If that were the case then Sega did nothing wrong. If Sega told one of their workers (or the scrapyard) to sell it then Sega is at fault here. But we need a credible source saying so, and not just the testimony of the accused reseller. And once again, even if Sega had told one of it's workers (or the scrapyard) to sell the dev kits the dev kits were not bought legitimately because they were never Sega's to sell in the first place. And the reseller would have known this. So it makes sense why he got arrested.
Either way, we have two guilty parties here. They are either Sega and the reseller. Or Sega's rogue employee or the scrapyard employee or the scrapyard itself (whichever they may be) who illegally sold the items under Sega's nose, and the reseller who bought them.
Keep in mind that Time Extension is not a very good source for information. They post articles for views first and investigate later. Also keep in mind that many resellers of videogames are unscrupulous. The number of resellers that don't test games or systems is ridiculous. I have a good relationship with a lot of local resellers because I buy up a ton of old games all the time. But I also know from talking to these resellers and from experience that a ton of resellers absolutely do not care what the law is or isn't. Half of them are legit. The other half will gladly rip you off if it means making an extra buck. |
How are you able to defend a company who screwed up, didn't send the device back to Nintendo... And thus it ends up in someone elses hands... So Sega decides to potentially destroy that persons life in order to undo their own screwup?
Where do you base your logic and empathy?
